Multiple garment holder



May 24, 1955 o. o. EcKs'rElN 2,709,005

MULTIPLE GARMENT HOLDER Filed March 18, 1955.

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United States Patent O l 2,709,005 MULTIPLE GARMENT HOLDER Oscar 0. Eckstein, Portland, Oreg. Application March 18, 1953, Serial No. 343,179 1 Claim. (Cl. 211-113) This invention relates to a garment hanger support and has as its primary object the provision of an improved support for carrying a multiplicity of garment hangers for holders to permit the storage of garments in a restricted area.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device which facilitates the transfer of garments from place to place.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a device which facilitates the selection of individual garments from a multiplicity thereof for use or for sale.

A further and more specific object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which provides a means for the quick drying of damp garments adjacent to a convenient source of heat.

Still another specific object of the invention is the provision of such a device which may be readily lifted and moved from place to place.

Still other objects will be obvious as the description of the invention proceeds and shown in the accompanying drawings wherein there are disclosed two preferred embodiments of this inventive concept.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a side elevation view of one form of this invention shown in extended position.

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation View of the device of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation View similar to Fig. l showing the parts in the different positions of adjustment as supported from a hanger rod.

Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged sectional views taken along the lines 4 and S respectively of Fig. 1 as viewed in the direction indicated by arrows.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation view of a modified form of construction.

Fig. 7 is an edge elevation view of the device of Fig. 6 and Figs. 8, 9 and 10, respectively, are sectional views taken along the lines 8, 9 and 10 of Fig. 6 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, there is generally indicated at 10 an elongated bar provided with a plurality of equally distanced spaced circular apertures 11. Bar 10 is generally straight in conguration and terminates at one end in an extending handle 12 of arcuate configuration to provide a pistol grip effect. The opposite end of the device is provided with an angularly disposed surface or indentation 13 at the front edge of bar 1t) and in which is secured, as by means of nails or screws 14, a at hook 15 disposed at right angles to the plane of bar 10. This novel construction of the upper or inner end of the device causes the same, when suspended as shown in Fig. 3, to extend rearwardly, thereby causing the hangers 19, with the garments, to swing clear of each other in a neat manner and occupy only small room, permitting killing fumes to freely pass all around each suspended garment. The hook 15 is adapted to encircle or be supported from a bar 16 comprising a conventional closet support or the like.

Adjacent each of the apertures 11 is an inclined shoulder 17 terminating in odset 18, or the like, the arrangement being such that conventional garment hangers 19 may be suspended within the apertures 11 and rest against the shoulder 17 in such manner that they are relatively oifset from one another to provide a nesting,

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and simultaneously a spacing of the garments supported by the hangers.

The device may be constructed of any desired material such as plastic, plywood, sheet metal or the like, and may as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5 include outer laminations 20 of suitable coating material such as paint, or the like.

ln the arrangement assembly of the device it will be seen that by virtue of the angular inclination of surface 13, and accordingly hook 15, that the device is normally supported in depending relation with the hangers offset relative to one another, as best shown in Fig. 3.

Gbviously the device of the instant invention may be utilized to support a plurality of garment hangers and garments supported thereby in suitably spaced and uncrumpled relation in such manner that a plurality of them may be readily transported from place to place.

Referring now to Figs. 6 to 10 inclusive, there is generally disclosed at 3i) a bar similar to the bar 10 provided with a series of slots or grooves 31, each of which is provided with protruding tip 32 for the purpose of retaining a hanger in the slot, and each of which is pro vided on its exterior surface with inclined portion 33, which provides a series of steps for hangers or the like. Each bar 31 also has an angularly disposed handle 34 at one end, and at its other end an inclined surface 35 to which is secured by means of nails 36 a right angularly disposed hook 37 similar to hook 15. The arrangement in this construction is substantially adaptable to that disclosed in the previous modification in that the angular disposition of surfaces 33 results in a similar spacing in alignment of the hangers supported in grooves or channels 31, and similar advantages may be obtained thereby.

Obviously this construction may also be formed of plastic, laminated wood or the like, and may be pro-- vided with oppositely disposed surface coatings 3S.

From the foregoing it will now be seen that there is herein provided a device which accomplishes all of the objects of this invention and others, including many advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as many modifications may be made in the embodiments hereinbefore shown and set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

A multiple garment holder including an elongated flat bar of rectangular cross-section, said bar having a front edge provided with a series of serrations having a short downwardly inclined face at its upper end and a relatively long lower face, said bar having its front edge provided at its upper end with a rectilinear portion extending upwardly from the uppermost of said serrations, the lower faces of said serrations being parallel to each other and being inclined downwardly and forwardly of said rectilinear portion and substantially parallel to said rectilinear portion of the front edge, said bar having a series of rod receiving openings, each alined with and spaced above the lower face of a respective serration, and a suspension hook carried by the upper end of said bar in a plane with the rectilinear portion of said bar, said lower faces forming bearing surfaces for garment hangers to space the same.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 809,359 Dial Ian. 9, 1906 2,462,431 Schneider Feb. 22, 1949 2,514,742 Burger et al. July 11, 1950 2,557,627 Baril June 19, 1951 

